Shirt



July 12, 1927.

L. T. wlLcox ET AL SHIRT 2 Sheets-Sheet K1 Filed June 29, 1922 Jqly l2,1927.

1,635,773 L. T. wlLcQx ET AL SHIRT Filed June 29. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED gSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS T. WILCOX AND FRANCES W. WILCOX, OF IPEEKSKILL, NEW YORK; SAIDLEWIS T. WILCOX ASSIGNOR TO WILCOX PATENTS CORPORATION, OF IPEEKSKILL,NEW

YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SHIRT.

Application filed I une 29.,

Our present invention relates to an improvement in shirts and moreparticularly to that type commonly known as a negligee shirt. ln'the useof shirts of this type, particularly when stili' turned down collars areworn, the upper portion of the front of the shirt wears more rapidlythan any other portion of the garment, and in :tact oftenv times wearsthrough so that the shirt has to be discarded before there is anyappreciable wear in any other part of the shirt. We are aware thatheretofore various *attempts have been made to overcome this difficulty.For example, it has been proposed to employ a shirt in which there isprovided a plurality of detachable and removable sections in the shirtfront, but obviously this is not only cumbersome, but an impracticalstructure. We are also aware that heretoforeit has been proposed to soconstruct a shirt that the front portions of the body may be removed andreversed so as to renew the worn portions at the upper portion of theshirt front adjacent the neck band. In this type of shirt, however, sofar as we are aware, the removal and reversal of the parts of the shirtyhas necessitated the entire reconstruc# tion of the shirt orpractically so andto such an extent as to make the labor involved subfstantially equal to that in the construction of an entirelynew shirt andthe resultant cost is practically prohibitive. Of course, we are alsoaware that it is possible to so insert new front sections in the shirtbody as to overcome this difficulty of the wear in the shirt front, butinso doing there is an obvious difference in the newV material and thatwhich composes the old portion of the garment.

The. object of our invention is to overcome these ditiiculties and in sodoing to provide a 'garment so vconstructed that the front sections ofthe shirt may be removed and shifted to position independently of-therconnections between the shirt body and sleeve, the shirt body andthe yoke members or shoulder straps and the other connections be# tweenthe shirt body and the neck band of the garment so that the removaland'shifting of the front sections of the shirt to new positions is arelatively simple and inexpensive operation, thereby increasing the wear1922. Serial No. 571,724.

and life of the Shirt to at' ma double that i Fig. 2 is an enlargedsection on line 22,

Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on line 3-3, Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section on line #lf-4, Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a partial elevation of the front portion of the neck band.

Fig. 6 is an elevation illustrating the connections between the shirtJfront section, the collar band, the yoke and the sleeve member with theparts in a substantially flattened condition.

Fig. 7 is an elevation of a shirt front secn tion of anotherconstruction, and

Fig. 8 is-a partial elevation of a third shirt front construction.

Referring to the drawing and particularly to Figs.- l to 6 inclusive,the shirt made in accordance with our invention comprises the usual bodymember of the shirt in which there are detachable and shiftable frontsections indicated' at A and C respectively. These front sections formportions of the front of the body of the shirt, each front section beingcompleted by a front side sec tion indicated at B for the left hand sideof the shirt and D for the right hand side of the shirt.v Also as iscustomary the shirt includes av collar band E, the yoke or shoulderstraps F and sleeves Gr to which, respectively, are connected the cuffsindicated at H and I. As is customary one edge of the shirt frontsection C is provided with a series of buttons K and in correspondingpositions the other shirt Jfront section A is provided with a series ofbutton holes K.'

In the construction of the shirt the front section C is connected to theside section D by a line of stitching indicated at 52. Before theseparts are thus connected the lon# gitudinal edge of the shirt frontsection C is preferably folded over on itself and connected by a line ofstitching indicated at 2. Similarly the adjacent edge oit theysidesection D is turned over and the folded portion is connected along; aline ot stitching indicated at l. Similarly in the other side ot'thegarinent the longitudinal edge oi the front section A turned over andthe'parts connected by a line of stitching' l and the corresponding edgeof the side section B turned over and the parts connected by a line oistitching- 2. These folded over edges of the sections A and B are thenconnected with the 'folded over section overlappingrV by a `line ofstitching` indicated at G2. The sleeves G of the garment are connectedto the side sections B and D and to the other portions et' the Ybody ofthe garment along linesot stitchingindicated at f and f. The yokemembers F are preferably made of two plies of tabric withthe endsthereof in turned and connected' by lines of stitchingI indicatedrespectively at "t" and S so as to leave a pocket between a portion otlthe for Ward edges ot the members of the yoke for the reception of theupper edge or a portion of the upper edge of each ot' the i'rontseetions A and C. For example, a portion ot the upper edge of the frontsection A is connected between the corresponding yoke inem` bers by aline olf stitching indicated G, and similarly a portion o3t` the upperedge of the `trent section C connected between the. members oi the otheryoke by a line ot stitching` indicated at 5. In a similar main ner, theneck band may be constructed oil two plies ot material and the lforwardends thereof connected by a line of stitching indicated at as to leave apocket i'or the reception and connection ol? the curved por tion ot theupper edge o' the frontv sections A and C. .For example, the curvedportion of the upper edge ot the front section A is received in thepocket thas formed and in the corresponding end of the neck band andconnected thereto by a line of stitching indicated at 6. In a similarmanner the curved portion ot the upper end of the front see- I tion Creceived between the parts oit the correspondingend of the neck band andconnected thereto by a line ot' stitching indicated at It will beunderstood trointhe 'foregoing description that the lines of `stitching5, 5 ant t2 are one continuous line of stitching, and similarly thelines of stitching indicated at 6, G ando2 are substantially acontinuons line ot stitches.

The cult members H and I may be made reversible as is described in acopendingI application Serial No. 571,725, tiled June 29, 1922, and asherein `indicated When turned to one position the lines of stitches lland 15 are risible, While when turned to the other position there is aline ot stitches indicated at 13 that is Visible.

It will new be apparent that by simply ripping the stitches indicated at5, 5 and 52 in one side o theshirtand those indicated at (l, (3 and (i2on the other side ot' the shirt, lthe shirt front sections and C may bedisconnected and shifted so as to remove any worn portions attire Lipperends *thereof ad jaeenttheneck band and the partsre'coimect edbyrei'haltim;E these stitches 4iy'thodt in any manner disturbing any otherportion of the shirt construction.

`By reference to Figw 7, it Will be seen that if desirable the upper endof the shirt front section C may be provided with an indicating;` orpattern mark designated by the lines lo and l? which serre as a patternfor cnttinp; this section and also for markingr and cutting thecorresponding "section, and fue thermore that after the partshave beenshift ed once the front sections may be removed again and reversed, andfor this purpose an indicatirn;I or pattern marit is made the lower endof the removable front section as is indicated .by the lineslb, 17. Itwill also be apparent that the shirt front sections as indicated`iirFig. 8 may be provided with pattern marks L and L for use indetermining the posi-tions in which` the material `should be cat, andalso by which, `when the parts are reversed7 the position oi the'buttonsy and baton holes may be determined. ln this hgiine olE thedrawing the dotted line indicated ha M designati-is a hole which hasbeen Worn through the upper portion oil the 'liront section oit a shirt.

We claim as onr invention: y

l. An open liront negligee shirt hating a, body, neck-band, yoke andsleeves, and in each Vtront portion thereof anlember comprising' a`front section and a side section', the said side sectionbeingpermanently connected to a part ot the` yoke` a portion 0i? asleeve and a.r portion of the body aiid extending orwardly o the axilhirline ot thegarme1it,tl1e said front section eatendino the" entire lengthot the `earlncnt and connected at its rear ward edge to theftoriiiardedge `ot' the said side section by a line of stitching alongwhich it is separable from the said sit e seotion so as to be shifted toa ditferent longitudinal position and to be reconneeted to the said sidesection by a similar line of stitching to eliminate a worn portion atthe upper end thereof. y

An open nliront negligee shirt havinga body, neclidiand, yoke andsleeves, and in each 'trent portion thereoit a member comprising a'front section and a side' section both extending' the entire length ofthe garment, the said side section being permanently` con nected toaportion ot.' the yoke, a portion of a sleeve and the body of thegarment. and the ,front section being;r connected at its upper edge bylines oil' stitchingto a portion ot the neck-band, a portion ot theVolte` and at its inner edge to the 't'oritard edge oi the said sidesection whereby Without disturbing other ln'es of stitching kto the saidneckthe Connections between the side section and band, yoke and sidesection to remove an the yoke, sleeve and body of the garment the upperWorn portion of the said front section. 10 said front section isseparable along the said e Signed by us this 22nd day of June, 1922.lines ot' stitching from the neck-band, yoke Y` and side section to beshifted to another 1on- LEWIS T. WILCOX. I gtudinal position and to bereconneoted by FRANCES WILCOX. finit

